New well architectures increase gas recovery and reduce drilling costs

Hom, M J; Plathey, D P

Title: New well architectures increase gas recovery and reduce drilling costs

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Gas recovery on the Bongkot field has increased by 5% and well costs have decreased by 50% over a 4 year period. This was achieved by modifying the production strategy, and evolving well designs from classic multizone completions to tubingless monobore designs. Tubingless well designs have allowed a more aggressive perforating strategy, which taps gas reserves that were previously lost. Reduced consumable requirements and elimination of completion operations have contributed to lower overall well costs. This paper describes the process that led to the development of the tubingless design.

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Hom, M J; Plathey, D P ^[1]

Total E and P Thailand (Thailand)

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI Identifier:: 669959

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: SPE Drilling and Completion

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1998

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; WELL COMPLETION; PERFORATION; ECONOMICS

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  title        = {New well architectures increase gas recovery and reduce drilling costs},

  author       = {Hom, M J and Plathey, D P},

  abstractNote = {Gas recovery on the Bongkot field has increased by 5% and well costs have decreased by 50% over a 4 year period. This was achieved by modifying the production strategy, and evolving well designs from classic multizone completions to tubingless monobore designs. Tubingless well designs have allowed a more aggressive perforating strategy, which taps gas reserves that were previously lost. Reduced consumable requirements and elimination of completion operations have contributed to lower overall well costs. This paper describes the process that led to the development of the tubingless design.},

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  journal      = {SPE Drilling and Completion},
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  volume       = 13,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998},

  month        = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998}

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